Combined mop and wringer therefor.



No. 897,465. PATENTED SEPT. 1, 1908'.

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APPLIOLTIO! FILED I! 2, 1900.

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UN ITEI) PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD HILKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINED MOP AND WRINGER TI IEREFOR.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, EnwAiw .I'IJLKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Mop and VVringcr Therefor, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of mo 7s used for scrubbing, wiping and cleaning com and other surfaces in which a wringing device is employed in connection therewith for twisting 'or wringing the mop cloth so as to extract the water therefrom without soiling the hands of the user, and it consists inv certain 'iceuliarities of the construction, novel arrangen'ient, and operation of the various -parts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of my present invention is to so construct, combine and arrange the several parts of the improved mop and wringer, whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, cheaper and otherwise better adapted and more convenient for use, all as will be hereinafterfully set forth.

In orderto enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to makeand use the same, I will now proceed to describe it referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a combined mop and wringer embodying one form of the invention but showin the mop cloth in dotted lines and the hen is broken off for the convenience of illustration. Fig. 2 is a Ian view thereof. Fig. 3 is a view in end e evation of the handle extension and wringing device mounted thereon, showing said extension detached from the body or mop holder, and Fig. 4 is a detached view of a hook for one end of the mop cloth.

Like numerals of reference, refer to corres ending parts throughout the different views of the drawings.

The reference numeral 10 designates the 0 or mop holder, which is preferably made of metal and of the shape illustrated in Figs. 1 and 20f the drawings, that is to say, it is U-shaped in outlines and has a portion 11 extending transversely from one of its sides to its other near its front end, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 2, 1906.

' inwardly curved portion 12 of Patented Sept. 1,1908. Serial No. 314,738.

the rear part of the body 1.0 is connected to the bar or cross- 'liece 1.1 by means of two spaced apart and longitudinally extending portions 13, each of which projects upwardlyand is providcd with openings 14 and 15, the former being for the reception of the inner and.laterally extended ends 16 of the mop-holdingarm 17, which constitutes a part of the mop holder and is made of a single piece of wire bent to form a transverse loop 18 at its front end and two substantial] parallel portions 1 9 extending rearwardly therefrom, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, which portions are spring-like and have a tendency to separate at their ends 16, which ends'as before stated, are laterally extended throu h the openings 14- in the portions 13 of the ody or holder. The openings 15 in the portions .13 are for rod or pintle 20 used for pivotally securing the lower end of the handle extension 21 to the body or holder. In the present instance the extension 21 is shown as being provided with a transverse and tubular portion 22, through which the pintle or rod 20 is passed, and which portion is of SUfl'lOIGIliJ length to fit snugly between the ribs or parts 13 of the holder. The ex tension 21 1s referably made of metal and of any desire length, and has its upper end enlarged and provided with a socket 23, in which the lower portion of the handle 24 is fitted. The u )per portion of the extension 21 is provide on lts lower surface with a bracket 25, in which is journaled a shaft 26, which has on its portlon adjacent to the holder 10 a hook 27 to receive the rear or up Jer end of the mop cloth 28, which is refera ly made in the form of a bank or oop so that its other end may engage the loop 18 of the mop-holding-arm, thus causin the mop cloth to lie under the body or hol er 10 during the operation of scrubbing or wi ing the floor. On the up er portion of the s aft 26 is mounted a beveled gear 29, which car ries on its outer face two spaced apart projections 30 between which the upper end of the shaft 26 is bent laterally, thus affording simple and inex ensive means of securin the gear 29 on the s aft 26 so as to rotate t erewith. Journaled transversely through the upper portion of the handle extension 21 is a cran shaft 31 which has on one of its ends a handle 32 used for turning the same, and on its other end a beveled gear 33, which the reception of a to or detached from the handle extension cloth in place ready for meshes with the gear-29 and may be held in place on the shaft 31 in a mannersimilar to that in which the gear 29 is secured on the shaft 26 and above described.

By reference to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen and understood that the handle 24 fits in the socket 23 of the handle extension above the crank shaft 31, and terminates upwardly from said crank shaft, thus obviating the necessity of forming a hole through the handle for the reception of said shaft, and alsopermitting the handle to be connected without removing the shaft 31 from its bearings. This feature is of considerable importance, for it will be understood that by de taching the handle 24 from the extension 21 the parts of the device may be arranged for shipment in a much shorter package than if the handle was fixed in the handle extension.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings, it will be seen and readily understood that by constructing the device as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the mop cloth 28 may be easily placed in position by removing the mopholdmgarm 17 from the holder 10, whlch can be done by pressing the members 19 towards each other so as to release their outwardly extended ends 16 from the open ings 14 in the ribs or portions 13, when one of the members 1 9 may be passed throughthe looped cloth until it is located at its front end in the loop 18, when the ends 16 of the members 19 may be placed back in the openings 14, thus pivotally-securing the arm 17 in position when the other end of the cloth 28 may be placed over the hook 27 thus securing the use.

In the'operation of scrubbing or Wiping the fioor, it is apparent that the outwardly extending ends ofthe rear or curved portion 12 of the holder and'the loop 18 on the front portion of the mop-holding-arm will cause the mo cloth to maintain a spread-out position, and that as the handle, as well as the arm 17, is pivotally secured to the body or holder, the operation of the parts Will be such as to 'produce the best results in scouring or cleaning the floor.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

1. In a combined" mop and wringer, the combination with the body or holder, of a mop-holdin -arm detachably and pivotally connected t ierewith and adapted to rest on the up er surface thereof and to be restricted. in its ownward movement thereby, a handle extension pivotally mounted on the body, a shaft journaled near the handle, a mop secured at one of its ends to the front )ortion of the mopholdin.garm and at its ot 161 end to said shaft, and means to rotate the shaft, substantially as described.

2. 111a combined mop and wringer, the combination with the body or holder, of a handle extension pivotally connected thereto at its lower end and having in its upper end a socket, a handle fitted in said socket, a mop holding-arm detachably and movably connected to the body and adapted to rest on the up ersurface thereof and to be restricted in its ownward movement thereby, a shaft journaled on the upper portion of the handle extension, a mop secured at one of its ends to the front portion of the mop-l1olding-arm and at its other end to said shaft, and means to rotate the shaft, substantially as described.

3. In acombined mo and wringer, the combination with the body or holder having an inwardly curved portion in its rear part and longitudinally extending and spaced apart and apertured portions projecting upwardly from the body, of a handle extension pivotally mounted on said longitudinal portions', a mop-holding-arm detachably and pivotally connected at its rear ortion to the apertured portions of the ho der, said arm ada ted to rest on the upper surface of the holder and to be restricted in its downward movement thereby, a shaft journaled near the handle, a mop secured at one of its ends to the front. portion of the mop-holding-arm and at its other end to said shaft, and means to rotate the shaft, substantially as described.

EDWARD HILKER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. O. TILLMAN, M. A. NYMAN. 

